GISCorps supporting NetHope with mapping information and communication needs in West Africa In October, GISCorps was contacted by Crisis Informatics expert Jennifer Chan and began providing initial support for NetHope to support their NetHope Ebola Response Project. By November a team…
Partnering with Stand By Task Force (SBTF) – Typhoon Hagupit/Ruby in Philippines As Typhoon Hagupit/Ruby threatened the Philippines, the Digital Humanitarian Network was activated to assist with response. Stand By Task Force (SBTF) took the lead in organizing volunteers to…
Mapping of Malakal, Nsanje District (Partnered with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team - HOT) Volunteers: Tim Hohn (Project Manager), Heather Milton (GISCorps Project Manager), Jared Pilbeam, Takeo Shibata, Ian Cable, Alison DeGraff, Laxman Sharma, Oula Seitsonen, Snead Prasad, Suthakaran Sundaralingham, Katie Pickett,…
Volunteers assisting the International Rescue Committee in DRC The International Rescue Committee (IRC) requested the assistance of GISCorps volunteers for digitizing the boundaries of health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Two volunteers from California were recruited for this…
GISCorps Volunteers taught GIS at Kabul Polytechnic University The project was commissioned by Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) in Marietta, GA. SPSU was awarded a grant to establish a GIS program that includes furnishing two GIS labs and training the faculty…
GISCorps volunteer creating web maps for World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) The UN Secretary-General will convene the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul in 2016. The goal of this summit is to find new ways to tackle humanitarian needs in…
A Story Map for Young Voices on Climate Change (YVCC) Young Voices on Climate Change (YVCC), a US based non-profit organization requested the assistance of a GISCorps volunteer for developing a Story Map. The Story Map was developed in ArcGIS…
Volunteer customizes a web map for the 1947 Partition Archive Project The 1947 Partition Archive Project, a US based nonprofit organization requested the assistance of a volunteer with expertise in creating a map of their Partition stories. Jason Lampel was…
GISCorps volunteer assists a US based nonprofit organization In 2013, the Institute for Conscious Global Change or ICGC, a US based nonprofit organization requested the assistance of an experienced GIS professional. The volunteer was asked to provide a variety of…
Mapping of Malakal, South Sudan (a partnership with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) GISCorps partnered with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to map the city of Malakal, South Sudan to provide baseline data for the humanitarian response to the ongoing conflicts between government…